Society and Puritanism in Pre-revolutionary England

Professor Hill's work provides a valuable insight into the beliefs and practices of Puritanism, which played a significant role in the English Revolution and Civil War. He shows how Puritanism was a living faith that responded to the social and religious needs of early modern Britain, and how it was interwoven into daily life.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 464 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2018
Publisher: Verso Books

In order to understand the English Revolution and Civil War we need to understand Puritanism. In this classic work of social history, Professor Hill shows Puritanism as a living faith, one that responded to social as well as religious needs. It was a set of beliefs that answered the hopes and fears of yeomen and gentlemen, merchants and artisans in the tribulations of early modern Britain, a time of extraordinary turbulence. Over this period, Puritanism, he shows, was interwoven into daily life. He looks at how rituals such as oath-taking, the Sabbath, bawdy courts and poor relief, became ways to order the social upheaval. He even offers an explanation for the emergence of the seemingly paradoxical - the Puritan revolutionaries.

Weight: 562g
Dimension: 140 x 210 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786636218